The Star Mouse by Fredric Brown - Fredric Brown Short Stories
The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories
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The Catapult, Bows and Arrows, May Save Us a Trip to Earth
The rocket came down safely and so softly that mid-key in the dark compartment knew only that the awful noise had stopped. Clarloth himself was at the psychograph. There is life inside the rocket, he told them, Jay. But the impressions are confused. One creature, but I cannot follow its thought processes. At the moment it seems to be doing something with its teeth. It could not be an earthling one of the dominant rays. They're blindly unaware that when he got through the wood, he'd find only metal which he couldn't chew. He chewed away more industriously and more happily than ever. And now the things were quiet.
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